Career
He was director of the Romanian FA coaching school from 1990 to 2002, until being replaced by Mircea Rădulescu. Drăguşin had a short stint as football player, and eventually became a coach at the age of 25. He served as a youth coach with Steaua Bucharest from 1950 to 1953.
In 1962, the Iraq Football Association opted for a foreign coach from the Eastern Bloc, and appointed the Romanian manager as head coach of the Iraq national football team
After his return from Iraq in 1963, Drăguşin joined Progresul again with coach Dincă Schileru for the 1963-1964 season, before taking charge of the Syrian national team in 1965. Upon his return, the Romanian FA appointed Drăgușin as manager of the Romania under–23 side for a tournament in Central Africa.
In 1967, he returned to Progresul for a third spell until 1969, before moving to Steaua Bucharest as assistant manager. In 1969, he spent nearly two months visiting some of the top English clubs including Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.
On his return, he wrote a book, În patria fotbalului - In Football"s Homeland released in 1970.
In November 1970, he was recruited by the Romanian Football Federation, for whom he worked until 2002. During that time, he coached the Romanian national team, the Under–23, Under–21 sides and the Olympic team Drăguşin was director of the Romanian FA coaching school from 1990 to 2002, a period during which some of best players in Romania obtained their coaching license including Dan Petrescu, Gheorghe Hagi, Ilie Dumitrescu, Ioan Andone, Ioan Sabău, Mircea Rednic, Gavril Balint and Dorinel Munteanu.
